Field notes
Buffer time: the invisible KPI killing your orders
The time between "order ready" and "courier picks it up" is the KPI nobody monitors — and the one that hits quality the hardest. Here is how we instrumented it for Dodo Pizza with Spark Streaming + Delta Lake, and the 4 mistakes we made before doing it right.
El Veredicto
Opinión sin diplomacia.
Hacker Sergio: 12 months of Odoo consulting in LATAM — 5 lessons
Twelve months of Hacker Sergio in five operating lessons: LATAM SEO, compliance, Forbes, risk defense, and two-brand architecture. No diplomacy, with numbers.
Forbes 30 Under 30 LATAM, 2 years in: data, market, and media capital
Forbes 30 Under 30 data: 24 months inside the LATAM cohort. What works, what is noise. Compliance, distribution, PYME vs. enterprise — unfiltered.
Argentina SMBs 2026: opportunities after Milei reforms and the new ARCA
Inflation fell from 211% to 33% and the fiscal surplus has held for 14 months. Argentina is open for business again — but the window is 18 months.
Engineering
Stacks, arquitecturas y trade-offs reales. Sin marketing.
Computer vision consultant in LATAM: what gets bought in 2026 — and who is overpaying
Computer vision consultant in LATAM in 2026: what clients ask for vs. what they need, real use cases, budgets USD 25k–300k, privacy by country.
Real-time data architecture: Kafka or REST API — the right call for LATAM
When Kafka is the answer, when REST API still wins, and why most "real-time" projects in LATAM are actually pseudo-real-time.
Pricing intelligence in LATAM 2026: how retail in Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Argentina prices with data, not intuition
Pricing intelligence in LATAM by layer: collection, matching, modeling, action. Antitrust risks at COFECE/FNE/SIC, an anonymous case with +2.1 pp margin, and the real cost of MVP versus production.
Business Intelligence for LATAM in 2026: Power BI, Looker, and Tableau — Choosing Without Illusions
Power BI Pro costs USD 165 per user per year. A mis-sized Fabric F64 capacity burns USD 60,000 per year on resources running three hours a day. Which fits your LATAM SMB — with hard numbers, no marketing.
Data Engineering for LATAM SMBs: When to Launch Tier B Without Burning USD 50k
Between the USD 200/month dashboard and the USD 300k enterprise data platform lives 95% of LATAM mid-market. Real stack, real prices, and the mistakes that cost the most.
Computer vision in LATAM retail: what works in 2026 (and what doesn't)
Seven of ten CV-in-retail projects in LATAM never reach production. What pays, what doesn't, and how to design a pilot that doesn't collapse at scale.
Facturación electrónica
SRI real-time in Ecuador: what Odoo needs in 2026
Starting January 2026 every invoice must reach the SRI immediately. Which l10n_ec modules hold up, where the architecture breaks, and how to fix it before the first shift stalls.
Test CFE 25-1: is your Odoo ready for the new DGI format?
How to test your Odoo against DGI Uruguay's homologación environment before a buyer calls asking about the first RECHAZADO.
SRI Real Time Test for Odoo Ecuador: 12-point checklist for 2026
The SRI killed the 4-day window in January 2026. Twelve reproducible checks to validate your Odoo in pruebas before a USD 4,250 fine lands.
SIFEN KUATIA Paraguay 2026: four DNIT waves and why Odoo does not work out of the box
DNIT moved SIFEN to four hard quarterly dates in 2026 (March 2, June 1, September 1, December 1), plus January 2 for government suppliers.
DGI CFE 25-1 in Uruguay: what changes before the March deadline
March 3, 2026 is the production deadline. Mandatory CFE reference on credit notes, GTIN for retail, VUCE for exporters, restrictions on third-party Monotributo emission. A technical guide for SMBs in Uruguay.
CFDI SAT 2026: Mexico's real-operations reform — Odoo playbook
Since January 1, 2026, every CFDI without supporting documentation is a simulated operation. What l10n_mx covers in Odoo, where the gaps live, and how to restore your CSD if SAT suspended it.
Cumplimiento
DIAN nómina electrónica deductions calculator: how much your Colombian SMB is losing
DIAN nómina electrónica deducibility calculator: formula, three SMB examples, common mistakes. Excel in two minutes.
Seven common DIAN nómina electrónica mistakes in 2026
Four years into mandatory adoption, Colombian SMBs still lose payroll deductibility because their DSNE XML reaches DIAN broken. Seven mistakes with real numbers and concrete fixes.
SIFEN 2026 in Paraguay: when your SME falls under the mandate
DNIT switched SIFEN on for every state supplier on January 2. Groups 15-18 phase in March through December. Find your group in 15 minutes.
CFDI Real-Ops Checklist: 30 readiness items for SAT 2026
30 operational items Mexican SMBs need to close before SAT 2026 enforcement: real-operations rule, Carta Porte 3.1, and criminal liability for false CFDI.
SUNAT 2026 SMB Checklist — 47 Compliance Points
47-point diagnostic for Peruvian SMBs: CPE, SIRE, GRE, PLE and the new February 2026 validations. Fines, deadlines, and Odoo l10n_pe mapping.
LATAM Compliance 2026: full review — SUNAT, SAT, DIAN, SII, ARCA
LATAM compliance 2026: six regulators tighten at once. What changes in SUNAT, SAT, DIAN, SII and ARCA, the fines to expect and why systems that worked in 2024 fail in 2026.
Odoo
Odoo in Ecuador 2026: SRI real-time, l10n_ec, and what changes for SMBs
The SRI closed the 4-business-day window on January 1, 2026. How to configure Odoo + l10n_ec without fines and without stalling POS sales.
Audit Your Odoo: 50 Checks for SMBs in LATAM
A 50-check self-audit template for Odoo SMBs in LATAM. Configuration, fiscal localization, code, data, backups — 4 hours and you know what is broken.
Odoo Colombia 2026: DIAN, CUFE, and electronic payroll for SMBs
Five mandatory DIAN streams — CUFE, electronic payroll, RADIAN, supporting documents, and events — and how to configure Odoo without losing deductibility.
Odoo in Paraguay: SIFEN, KUDE, KUATIA — the 2026 SMB guide
SIFEN, Kuatia and KUDE for Paraguayan SMBs in 2026: DNIT timeline, what l10n_py covers, where it breaks, and an Alto Parana agroexporter case.
Odoo in Uruguay: DGI, CFE 25-1, and the l10n_uy localization
A playbook for SMBs invoicing through Odoo in Uruguay. What CFE 25.1 changes, what l10n_uy covers, and how to close the audit before March 3, 2026.
Odoo implementation for LATAM SMBs: 16-week roadmap (2026)
70% of Odoo implementations in LATAM fail because of the contract model, not Odoo. A 6-phase roadmap in 16 weeks that removes 80% of the risk.
Cursos
Odoo + SUNAT 2026 course for Peruvian SMBs: program, penalties, and real cases
SIRE, GRE, and new CPE validations: what stock l10n_pe covers, what you configure by hand, and which SMBs the course actually fits.
How I built the Audita tu Odoo course: methodology and lessons from the LATAM SMB market
Five modules, audit-first, pilot with 47 students from 9 countries. The course does not teach you to implement Odoo: it teaches you to diagnose the one you already run before the next tax reform turns your books into a fine.
Computer vision for LATAM restaurants: course, real cases, ROI 2026
7 use-cases that pay back in 4–7 months, edge stack on Jetson Orin Nano and the Dodo Pizza case. The full computer-vision course for QSR and dark kitchens.
Odoo Audit Course: ERP Audit Framework for LATAM SMBs (2026)
Six axes, 84 checklist items, explicit scoring. Decide in one afternoon whether your Odoo complies, has 3-7 critical findings, or is past saving.
Casos LATAM
Implementaciones reales con cifras reales.
Odoo + computer vision in restaurants: the Dodo Pizza case for LATAM
How Dodo Pizza paired Odoo POS with computer vision across 100+ LATAM stores. Architecture, real numbers, common mistakes, and pilot payback conditions for mid-size operators.
Computer vision for dirty-table detection: the Dodo Pizza case
How computer vision detects the exact second a table empties out and fires the alert to floor staff. YOLO + Jetson stack, the Dodo Pizza case, LATAM budget, and the rollout mistakes most pilots make.
Pricing intelligence for retail: lessons from Estée Lauder and Leroy Merlin
Pricing intelligence for LATAM retail: a 6-layer stack, Estée Lauder (MAP from 71% to 94%) and Leroy Merlin (+1.4-2.8 pp margin on 50,000+ SKUs).
Telecom attribution in LATAM: MTA, MMM, and MTS + Philip Morris cases
Why last-click breaks on postpaid and regulated CPG. A hybrid MTA + MMM + geo-experiments stack on Odoo, without paying USD 500k for Adobe + Salesforce.
B2B portal for LATAM manufacturers: 2026 architecture and the NLMK case
Quote-to-order from 24 hours to under 4. SAT, SUNAT, DIAN, SII and ARCA compliance inside the flow. The Odoo modules that cover the MVP in 4-6 months.
Industria
Análisis del mercado, competidores y cambios estructurales.
Odoo for LATAM clinical labs: architecture for a Gemotest-scale network
Why the LIS does not belong inside Odoo, where e-invoicing breaks, and the 5 mistakes that kill the project before month six.
Odoo airline loyalty: an open-source frequent-flyer stack for LATAM
IBS iLoyal costs USD 2–8 million. For LATAM LCCs and regionals, Odoo covers 60–70% of the stack at 5–10% of the price. Architecture, IFRS 15, PCI, GDS and a CIS case with +22% retention.
Fintech onboarding in LATAM: Odoo and a crypto VASP case study
Regulator map for SBS/CNBV/CMF/SFC/CNV through 2025–2026, a six-layer onboarding architecture on Odoo, and an anonymous case with drop-off from 71% to 43%.
Odoo for insurance in LATAM: a platform for brokers and MGAs
Brokers, MGAs, and insurtech can run Odoo as their operational backbone. What fails is trying to replace the core engine. The QIC and AlfaInsurance cases mark the line.
Research
Estudios profundos, papers, encuestas.
ClickHouse benchmark 2026: a ClickBench breakdown and competitor comparison for LATAM
Honest ClickBench breakdown — 43 queries, 60+ OLAP engines compared. When migrating to ClickHouse in LATAM pays off, and when it doesn't.
SII 2027 in Chile: what SMBs should prepare in 2026
Preview of the final phase of Chiles SII reform under Law 21.713: DTE 2.0, RBF, marketplace reporting, and digital-service VAT. Deadlines, fines, and how to adapt Odoo before Q1 2027.
SUNAT 2027: Peru's final phase of tax digitalization
Analytical preview of SUNAT 2027: universal SIRE, GRE-only, real-time CPE validations, and fines up to 50% UIT. How to prep your Odoo before the fall 2026 window closes.
Data infrastructure in LATAM: why SMBs leak USD 500B a year
BID, CEPAL, and McKinsey land on the same USD 500B figure from three angles. The median LATAM SMB runs on zero data infrastructure. Layer-by-layer diagnosis and a 90-day playbook.